Chesapeake Gardening and Landscaping · the Essential Green Guide by Ellis, Barbara W. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Chesapeake Gardening & Landscaping Copyright Page Contents Foreword by Eleanor Altman Acknowledgments Introduction: Bay-Friendly Gardens and Landscapes

Where Do We Go from Here? Bay-Friendly Basics Dividends, Large and Small How to Use This Book Progress, Not Perfection

PART ONE: Creating Your Chesapeake Bay Landscape

ONE: Gardens and Landscapes That Benefit the Environment

Reduce Lawn Build Plant Diversity Grow Native Plants Manage Water Runoff Welcome Wildlife Garden Wisely

TWO: Creating an Ecological Landscape Design

Plans for Waterfront Evaluating Your Site Creating Useable Landscapes Garden Mapmaking 101 Developing a Plan Layered and Matrix Plantings

THREE: Building Your Chesapeake Landscape

Reading the Landscape Start with the Soil Planting Gardens and Landscapes Managing Invasive Plants

PART TWO: Recommended Plants and Gardens

Plant Responsibly FOUR: Shrubs, Trees, and Vines for Landscaping

Shrubs

Evergreen Shrubs Shrubs for Foundations and Beds

Trees

Small Ornamental Trees Large Trees Oaks for the Bay Region

Vines

FIVE: Ground Covers for Chesapeake Landscapes

Designing with Ground Covers Ground Covers for Sun Ground Covers for Shade Moss Gardens for Acid Shade

SIX: Flowers for Chesapeake Gardens

Using Native Perennials Basic Care for Flowering Perennials Color from Spring to Fall

Spring: March to May Late Spring to Early Summer: May to June or Early July Summer: June to September Late Summer to Fall: August to October

Grasses for Gardens Meadows and Meadow Gardens

SEVEN: Plants and Gardens for Shade

Creating a Shade Garden Understory Trees for Shade Shrubs for Shade Foliage and Flowers for Shade

Foliage First Flowers for Shade Ferns for Shade Wildflowers for Spring

EIGHT: Water, Rain Gardens, and Wet Soil

Rain Gardens

Rain Gardens 101 Installing a Rain Garden Plants for Rain Gardens Rain Garden Care

A Chain of Water Plants on the Roof Gardens in Wet Soil

Plants for Wet Soil

NINE: Gardens for Wildlife

Food Water Roosting and Nesting Gardens for Hummingbirds Butterfly Gardens

Plants for Caterpillars Flowers for Butterflies

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